Who Said It: Marco Rubio or Barack Obama? — Willful ignorance of science is a bipartisan value. — By now you've heard the outrageous quote from Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on his doubts about the origins of planet Earth. When asked to give its age, he replied: “I'm not a scientist, man. ...

McCain Backs Away From Benghazi Conspiracies — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) today issued a statement essentially conceding that he was wrong in accusing the White House of changing U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice's talking points on Benghazi for political purposes. — Former CIA Director David …

S.F. barely passes public-nudity ban — Protester Gypsy Taub speaks out against the Board of Supervisors decision to ban public nakedness while naked at City Hall in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. San Francisco lawmakers on Tuesday narrowly approved a proposal to ban public nakedness …

The New Republicans — There has been a lot of talk since the election about the possible emergence of a new faction within the Republican party, or at least among the conservative intelligentsia. These new Republicans, we're told, are willing to be more open-minded on cultural issues …

How to End the Great Fiscal Wars — In one way, the so-called fiscal cliff threatening the U.S. economy is less dangerous than widely supposed. In another, it's more. — First, as many have said, the cliff is really a slope. At year's end, the tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 automatically expire …

Iowa's GOP Governor: Time to End the Straw Poll — Is one of the quirkiest rituals of the Republican presidential election calendar heading for the grave? — It is, if Iowa's Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has his say. — Eyeing the wreckage of the 2011 Ames Straw Poll …

Making the Same-Sex Case — Legalizing marriage for gay couples will cultivate community stability and foster family values. — They say demography is destiny, and in American politics destiny has belonged to those who best aligned their core beliefs with the rapidly changing and ever-improving citizenry.

Poetic justice: Romney likely to finish at 47 percent — When all the votes are counted, could Mitt Romney really end up achieving perfect poetic justice by finishing with 47 percent of the national vote? Yup. Dave Wasserman of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report says new votes in from Maryland put Romney at 47.56 percent.

Campaign 2012: The Report Card — Has there ever been a less gracious presidential loser than Mitt Romney? I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt during the campaign. I figured he was just dialing for dollars when he massaged the Boca Raton fat cats' fantasies about the lack of …

Republicans, 2016: In full swing — Tired of presidential politics? Get over it: Upwards of 15 prominent Republicans are privately contemplating 2016 campaigns for the presidency — and the most serious and ambitious of the bunch are already plunging in, some quite publicly.

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